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Trail Length: 0.8 Miles    Elevation Gain: 200 Feet

Horseshoe Saddle Trail Elevation Profile

Note: This trail was damaged in the Lionshead fire.  It is currently inaccessible due to road 4220 being closed south of Olallie Resort.

Starts at Horseshoe Lake campground at site 5.  Enter and bear right about 20 feet in.   Leads up to the Skyline Trail (PCT 2000) through a beautiful area of pools and meadows.  Level until a modest climb reaching up into the saddle.  A seasonal spring is available on the left near the saddle.  One mile long.

This trail also has been named the “Rondy Trail” in memory of Howard Rondthaler, who was a trails supervisor in the district for many years. There is a commemorative sign partway down the trail.

Retains snow late into June.

A CORNUCOPIA OF AUTUMNAL HUES


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Horseshoe Saddle Trail 712 — 1 Comment

  1. Howard M. “Rondy” Rondthaler, 1928 – 2007

    “The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir

    Howard “Rondy” Rondthaler was born in
    North Carolina in 1928, and moved to Oregon
    in 1948 on a bet with a friend, and soon began
    a career in the U.S. Forest Service. One of a
    group of dedicated foresters and volunteers of
    the era, Rondy approached every job eager to
    improve the forest lands and trails he loved.
    He believed that the natural beauty of the
    Scenic Lakes District and the entire forest should
    be accessible to as many people as possible. In
    his tenure as Trails Supervisor for the Mt. Hood
    National Forest, Rondy researched and found
    historic trails, designed and built new trails,
    and redesigned existing trails to make them
    both more accessible and more scenic. His
    work lives on in this trail and many others
    throughout the region.

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